Students raise public awareness of a specified organization. They discuss their favorite jingles slogans or sayings associated with a company. In groups, students create and perform an advertisement for the entire class. Students...

Young scholars explore the workings of a farm. After reading "Charlotte's Web," students visit a farm. They discuss their observations of the real farm to the one described in the book. Young scholars create a map of the farm they...

Explore the historic and cultural context of the foundations of the United States of America. They identify the political and scientific contributions of early American scientists.

Students demonstrate competence in skills and strategies of the writing process. They apply their own views and experiences to their writing. They explore figurative language to make comparisons in their writing.

Second graders explore the ways in which animals differ. They discuss the characteristics of insects and spiders. Students identify the characteristics of insects and spiders. They compare and contrast insects and spiders.

Students explore the motion of a toy bungee jumper using the scientific method. They view a video of a bungee jumper and discuss what can be measured about a bungee jump. Students discuss the scientific mehtod and how to design an...

Students explore basic methods of GPS data collection, uploading the data to a computer, and making simple maps of their data using GIS software. They create a map of the data using GIS software (or Excel)

Students investigate the development and influence of personalities on individuals. After examining a kaleidoscope, they discuss how people's personalities are analogous to the instrument's different designs. The lesson plan concludes...

Students measure the temperatures over time of different colored envelopes in order to explore the different rates at which each color absorbs energy from a heat lamp. They record their data and graph their results.

Students explore the music of Edward Elgar. As a class, they listen to Elgar's "Nimrod" and the "Adagio Cantabile" from Beethoven's piano Sonata. They listen to the music, write down the moods and discuss their feelings. Students compare...

In this lower elementary activity, students count the number of items they see in each of four boxes and write the number below the pictures. They see pictures of musical instruments such as drum and flutes in the boxes.

Students explore several different music-related jobs by role playing activities that portray each job. In this music careers lesson plan, students plan a performance where all of them have a specific music related job.

Students explore the adaptations of deep sea life forms.  In this science lesson plan, students watch a video to observe characteristics which allow for the sea creature to thrive in it's environment. Students determine the...

Eighth graders explore the settling of South Carolina.  In this U.S. History instructional activity, student research the events leading to the settlement of South Carolina by the Native Americans, then discuss and answer questions...

Eleventh graders investigate logarithms.  In this Algebra II lesson plan, 11th graders explore the properties of logarithms that are used to simplify expression and solve equations.  Students confirm their conjectures regarding...

Young scholars explore the location of the campsite of fictional character Robinson Crusoe. In this ESL lesson, students read an article that discusses the whereabouts of Robinson Crusoe's campsite, then have a class discussion on the...

Go study the universe. Pupils learn seven aspects about astronomy and astronomers. They begin to learn about constellations; distance and motion between objects; gravity; the electromagnetic spectrum; dark matter and energy; and teams of...

Archaeology digs are much like giant jigsaw puzzles. The artifacts found are often in pieces and scientists must reconstruct them. A hands-on activity lets young archaeologists experience this facet of the job as they create, smash, and...

Students study the theory that sound travels through a variety of instruments. They explore all the channels of the ear and its various purposes. Students test objects to see which ones were vibrating to make sound heard.

Extensive background on marine navigation is provided for you as the teacher. Assign groups to research marine navigation techniques and construct astrolabes. Resource links are listed for extension ideas. If you are teaching an...

Teach your mathematicians how to identify different polygons based on their diagonals. Relating quadrilaterals to the different number of diagonals formed, students use the TI to create a visual of their shape.

Students factor polynomial equations. In this algebra lesson, students identify the zeros of the equations. They use algebra to rewrite word problems using symbols.

Your class will grasp the concept of domain-and range on a graph by using their TI navigator to graph their lines. They observe the effect of a function and non-functions based on the domain and range.

High schoolers write the equation of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, students check the solution of a coordinate pair by evaluating them. They graph the circle given the equation and radius.